The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 1, 1762, Page 3

3 NP o . - PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16. By a Letter from the Havannah, come ” to Hand fince our laft, we leafn, that be- fides the 12 Spanifh fhips of the line found in the harbour at the furrender of that place, there were likewife g frigates, and about 30 fail of Merchantmen there : That our men of war had taken 4 frigates, one of them of 24,and another of 18 guns, faid to be exceeding rich vefi'cls'; and thag we have loft a great many foldiers and failors, who went a plundering the villages, but generally fell in with the enemy’s light horfe who murdered them in the crueleft mianner, by cutting out their tongues, and mangling them in a moft horrid manner, fuch as a regard .to decency forbids to mention. Wilminton, in Penfylvania, Sept. 10. On Sunday laft arriv’d bere Capt. Ralph Walker of this borough, who, on the 14tb of ~July, was taken in a flosp from bence for ~ dntigue,inlab. 21. 20. long. 61. by Spanifh privateer floop of 10 guns and 80 men, from Porto Rico, commagded by Chrifiopher Gon- falo, who firipped bim of every thing of value. And, That on the 34 of the [ame wmonth, . baving joined a privateer [thosner of St. Do- mings, of 10 carriage guns and go men, they danded on the ifland Defeada (lately furrender- ed by the Fremch with Maritinico) and car- ried off 80 or Qo megroes, robb’d the church, Bripped cven the women 5 and treated them otherwife moft barbaroufly, and carried off in money and effefis, belonging to the church and inbabitants, 1o the value of twenty iboufand pounds : That the fame day they chafed Capt. Hatton, belonging to Philadelphia, till under - the guns’of Poins Peter, in Grandierre : That-on the 22d they tock a brig belonging to Newbary, in New England, of 8 guns, and o mM, Capt. Ralfe, almofp in reach of the guns of Point-Peter - That Capt. Ralfe be- baved very bravely, keeping Lbe deck, and de- fending bis veffel 10 the laff, even after all bis bands bad fled below : That after the Pri- wateer’s crew bad boarded and taken bim,they « flaf’d and cut bim cruelly ; and after taking bim on board the privateer the Captain would not fuffcr bis wounds 1o be dreffed, until be fainted away with tkb: lofs of blood, and then frip’d bim-almoff naked : That on the 23d they landed them on Defeads 5 from whence they got to Grandterre, where Capt. Walker left Capt: Ralfe fo bad that bis life ~was defpaired of. - On Thurfday laft arrived bereCapt. Byrne, * from Martinico. On the 26th ylt. be fell in with the Prince of fluria, a Spanifb priva- ~ teer floop, and a fcbooner of 8 guns fhe bad taken,.in company call’d the William, belong- ing to"North Carclina, Thomas Fifber, late mafter, which [chooner be retook, and broup bt in with bim, but the privateer efcaped......On the 3uwit. be [poke with the fbip Thomas, of . . London, Captain Scot from North Carolina, who told bim, a flosp of 12 guns, under Spanifh colours, was cruizing off Cape Has- teras, and bad [everal ranfomers on board. The privateer brig. New Grace, Capt,Tay- ~lor, of this port,_in company with the Speed. well privaseer of New Providence, bas larely taken two brigs and two floops from Cape- Francois 5 they betonged toa fleet of 14 [ail, “and came out from thence under cénvey of two 16 gun frigates.---The two privateers were inchace of [ome others of the fleet. NEW-YORK, Sept. 20 _ On Monday the 121 of Fuly, Lat. 49,38. Long. 8, 30, from London, the Harriot Packet, Captain onnel, in ber paflage from New York to Falmoush, was attack’d by a _ Brig Privateer, of 14 fix and nine pounder s, LOST off s Ho:fe’s Neckin this Town, laft We Mr., David Griffith, Mall have Fosty Shillings O, and alout 130 men. Tbe Engagement began abous balf after Eight in the Evening, and continued 5 Flours with great [martnefs on bath Sides, when the Privateer [beer’d off to a litsle difiance, but fisll kept in fizbt 1ill mor- ning, when balf paft 3, with graplingsat bis yard arms, and a flink pot at bis flying jib boam, be again'flood for the packet, and being near ber, almoft ready for boarding,Capt Bon- mel thought proper 1o fink the mail, and at 4 the engagement was renewed with equal ardor: Tbe fails and rigging of the packet were cut 10 pieces, ber main maft, main top maft, and Sfore top maf fore top crofs trees, truffel trees, and iryfail mafl, were wounded, and [everal “fhot in ber bull: The Captain and two Gen- tiemen paffengers were flightly wounded, one Jeamen bad a ball lodged in bis wrifh, and _one was accidently blown up with gunpowder. About fix, it is thought a lucky /bot from tbe packet did fome effeiiual damage 1o the priva- seer, for foe immediately foeer’d off .and made all the [a:il fbe coxld Jet. Caps. Bounel arri- ved fafe at Falmoutbh. ’ BO ST ON,S:ptember 27. Extraft of a Letser from Lifbon, Fuly 6. ¢ Of late the Spanisrds have made bus little pro- greis on our Frontiers ; deiertion and che want of provifions, have been feverely felt among them ; and fome advices lay, thar now ficknels prevails...- The Count de la Buckebourg, « German Prince of great reputation, and the Prince of Meckienburgh Sirelitz, are arrived.” 3 Extrall of a Letter from Lifbon, Tuly 30, 1762, ¢ THE 16th Inflant errived Lord Loudoa with the Biitifh Troops, which went up the Cuuntry im mediately to join <he Portuguefe Army. The Spa- nards have evacuated Mirands, Br.ganza, Moncarvo, and Chaves; and '8 thought their Scheme isto en- ter by Almeids : However its our Opinion, that 4 they haveaot purlued their Conqufts with vigour, they are not in a Conditien to mske any repid Pro- € ¢fs when oppoled ; fo flater ourfelves their Views wiil. be foon truftraied.” Extroft of a Letter from Norfolk, im Virginia, dated Augaff 5. 1762, - : P« T met with « Wretk about 12 Leagues E. by N. from Cape Henry,which proved to be sSchooner about 70 Tons, a Brimftone Bottom, very clean, with a Row of Poilts fore and abaft; no living Body on bosrd: Made en Attempt to tow her in;,bus the Ses running very high, and a Siil heaving in fight prevented my Defign ™ Friday laft arrived bere Capt. Groves in 10 Days from Louifb.urg, by whom we learn, that the Tran{- orts with ¢he Troops, confifting of about 1500, in- cluding 500 of the Provincials of this Province, that were in his Majefty’s fervice st Nova Scotia, fail’d from thence for Newfoundiand on the 7th Infant, in order to Actempt the Recovery of St. John's : There was 8llo on board the Tranlports 8 Detachment of the Train of Artillery. They had received Advice at Louifbourg of Lord Corvirr's being join’d by the Antilope sad Syren Men of War from Placentis, and had block’d up the French at St. John's ; that upon the firft Appearance of this Fleet before that Place, with French and Spenifh Colours flying, they were thought by the French Admiral (o be 1 Reinforce- ment from Europe, upon which he fent out aSchoo- ner with his Lieurenant and 100 Men, to affid in condu&ling them into the Harbour; but upon the Vefle’s being detsined they fuon perceived their Mificke, and immediately confined all the Eaglifh that were in the Place, expe@ing that an Aitack would {oon be made ;....1n which we hope. they will a0t be dilsppointed....." Dis faid Lord CorviLL had feit feveral Veflels to Harbour Grace to bring off s confidersble Number of Englith People there, who we e redy 10 aflift him in d.(poflefiing the Fiench at St. John's....... Extraft of a Lester from New Providence, Aug 18, “ON the g h Inftant an Officer arrived here in & Schooner from Bofton, being fent Exprefs from thence to Lord Albermarle and Sir George Pocock, with Accounts that sFrench Fleet had taken our principal Set'ements ot Newfoundland :...... ThisSchooner puf in here in order to get sPilot to theHavannsh, which GeneralShirley immediately provided,znd the Veflel fail’d sguin the (ame Day “ The Hon. John Gembier, E(q; has religned the Office of Judge of this Mijefly’s Court of Vice- Admiralty here, and is fucceeded in fsid Office by the Rev. Mr. Robert Carter. ™., [Capt. Tere/lin the sbove mentioned Schooner, fail’d from hence on Monday the 19:h of July leR, being jutt three Weeks on his Patfage thither. Monday left Capt. Brysntarrived in Town, who came Paflenger in a Veflel from the Weft Indies to Rhode-Ifland, his Schooner, witha vilusble Cargo, having been taken by the Enemy’s Cruizers, in sn dnelday Night, a Pair of Iron Fetters, locked together, : Whoever bas T. Reward, Hour or two after fhe came cut of Martinecs. The Brigantive of Cap:.. Thomas Tutien, of this Town, naviog been alfo txken in the Welt Indies, Cspt Tufton ook his Paflige on toard Cipr. Smith from Masitineco, for this Plice : And on Suaday Iaft the (sid Czp;, Smith srrived, and intorms. rhai Capt. Thufton died on the Pailage, aiter a few Days Dlae(s with a Fever, " LUSTOM HOUSE, Pifeatsqus, Sept. 3@. Enwued lowsrds, Brig Sally, Francis Halmes fiom Martineco. Schoorer Saily, Ssmie! Buchelor from Guadaloup, Schooner Sea Fovay, Thomss Moore from Sloop S¢a Flower, Semusl Hurris Asnapolis Schooner Charming Moliy, J. Gows! Royal. Sloop Swallow, Nathaniel Liulefield isom Barbados. Ship Fortune, Edward Solley from Quebec. Slocp Mermaid, Thomas Beazin from Aniigua snd Grand Terre. ! Clesred OQut, Ship Geners! Towathend, M. Bunbury for Barbadoss Sloop Ranger, Jofith Simplou for Halifex. Schooner Dismond, Joha Harman for Bay of Fundyd PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. [ Dwelling Houf€'and Land ] NOTICE is hereby given, That there will be expos’d to Sile to the higheft Bidder, at the late Houle of Samuel Evans, in Port{mouth, on Tuefday the Twelith Day of O&tober next, at Four o’Clock in the Afterncon, 8 LOT of LAND where faid Houfe ftands, being sbout Sixty Feet in Bresdih, fronting on the Street, and carrying that Breadth runs back One hundred snd (wenty Feet. Allo about three ACRES of Land lying near the Town Train- ing Field, (o called, near the Dwelling Houfe of Capt. Edward Case, with furdry Houfhold GOODS, to be feem the Day before, and at the Time of the Sale. The Conditions of Sale to bs then made known. PROVINCE OF NEW [AMPSHIRE, A LIST or Affeflment made on the Non Refident Proprietors Land, living out of the Town ot Pelbam, which is now due, is as follaws, viz. Col. Fobn Tyng, £.2. 6, 4. aud William Brownp, Elg; £. 5. 1. 84. : Now ifthe above Perfons do not pay the feversl Sums sffixed to their Namss, together with the Charge of Advertifing, to the Sublcriber ia {aid Pel- bam, o much ef their Lands will bz fold at publick Vendue, to the higheft Bidder, at the Houle jof Mr. Fobn Fergafon, Innholder infsid Pelbam, on Wed~ nelday the 27th Day of Ofsber 1v x, at One o'Clack at Noon, ss will be fufficient to difcharge their re- {pe&ive dues. Nath. Gage, ColieSier. Pelbam, Septamber 23, 1762. vwvwvww-wsvwwtfvwwvwwsl All Perfons that have any De- Demands on the Eltate &f Csptiin Richard Rogers, late of Starks Town, ( fo called) deceafed, are defir'd a3 foon as may be, to fend in their Accompts to Fames Rogers, Elq; ot Londonderry, Adminiftrsiog to fsid Eitate, in order for Settlement. And thole Indebted to faid Eftate are defired to make {peedy Payment. {15 ) ) \ ) TO BE SOLD at Public VENDUE, Thirty four Acres of Land,’ lying in Exeter, sbout two Miles and & half from the Meeting Houfe, and by the grest Rosd that leads to Epping, adjoiningto Land of Mr. Epbraim Ro- binfon, being o T'ra& of good Land, well waier'd snd wooded, and part thereof under Improvement. Ssid Vendue is to be holden on Tuefdsy the 1g:h Dy of O¢tober next, at two of the Clock in theArternacon, at the Houle of Mr. Fonathan Gilman, Ionholder in Exeter. Conditions of Sale to be feen st Time gad Place aforefaid, September 28h 1762 Rl & L ON D O N, June 28. Friday Mr. Pitt waited on the King at St. James’s, and was fome time in conference with him. Laft Monday the Right Hon. Mr. Pitc gave a grand entertainment at Bath to the corpuration, of 150 difhes, befides the de- fert, on the glorious news of Prince Ferdi- nand’s vi€tory over the Frénch. On Sunday the Fleet under Sir Edward Hawke paffed by Piymouth, from whence it was joined by the Prince of Orange and Tarter men of war, - Our ftocks have rifer amazingly at Ams fterdam,where they are very confident that the Emprefs Queen will very foon make a peace with the King of Pruffia. ‘ A pardon has pafled the Great Seal for Alexander Macki, fora murder he comae mitted in South-Carolina, irO&ober 17535, e smemen found the fame, and will convey them (o